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(No-Model.)

R. A. BRIGHT, Jr.

GIGAR MACHINE. i

vPatented June 12,1883.

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FI EnEi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

RICHARD A. BRIGHT, JR., OF PROVIDENCE, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF AND MYRON FISH, 4OF vALLEv FALLS, RHODE ISLAND. .T

ClGlAR-MACHINE.v

SPECIFICATION forming:V part of Letters Patent No. 279,125, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed September 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may Concern.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD A. BRIGHT, Jr., of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Cigar- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement upon the invention secured to me by Letters Patent No. 217,261, dated July 8, 1879; and it consists in supporting the movable roll of the carriage in sliding boxes operated by means of a rocking shaft and its attached arms, and also in the employment of friction-wheels on the carriage in lieu of the slide, thus diminishing the friction and lessening the wear of the parts of the machine. Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken in the line x .fr of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, Ais a flexible rubber belt, forming a pocket, B, between the cylindrical rolls C and D, which are held in a carriage, E, made to move back and forth by means of the cross-bar or handle F. l

The bearings of the fixed roll C are held in the sides e e of' the carriage, and the bearings of the movable roll D are held in the sliding boxes G G, which are operated back and forth through the limit of' their movement by means of the slotted arms H H, extending below the rocking shaft I and the Operating-arm J, the connection of the arms H and sliding boxes G being made by means of the pin h, which is secured to an arm, y, at the inner side of the sliding box G. The rocking shaft I is made to pass through a slot, 7c, in the sliding boxes.

The outer end of the arm J is provided with a lateral enlargement, j, and is located near the handle F, employed to operate the carriage, and the function of the arm J and connected parts is to transmit the movement of the hand or fingers of the operator to move the roll D back and forth in opening and elosing the pocket B in the belt A.

rIhe carriage E is supported by four friction-wheels, K, which are pivoted to the sides e e ofthe carriage E, and which roll upon the track L L.

To the shafts of the rolls C D are attached the gears O O, which engage with the teeth of the rack P, secured to the frame N. The

belt A from the strain that would otherwise be thrown upon the belt when the carriage is moved back and forth, with an inelosed filler in the pocket AB of the belt. The ends of the belt` A are firmly held in the pivoted clamps R R, which are tightened upon the belt' by means of the screws r r.

The brackets M M, pivoted to the lugs R at the rear end ofthe frameN of the machine,

serve to secure the machine to a table, so that the maehine may be raised at the front to admit of brushing away the accumulated waste tobacco which falls from the belt when rolling the binders upon the loose filling.

In operating with this machine the carriage is first to be brought back to the position shown in Figs. l and 2, with the arm J thrown forward, thus opening the pocket B for the reception of the fillers. The binder is then placed upon the top of the belt, as usual in this class of cigarmachines, with one corner upon the fillers in the pocket B. The carriage is then to be pushed forward, the pocket B being first Closed upon the ller by the backward movement of the arm J toward the handle F to the position shown by dotted lines in the drawings, and the binder will be rolled upon the filler in a proper and satisfactory manner. The pocket is then to be opened by the forward movement of the arm J and the bunch removed to the shaping-molds, as, usual.

P, sliding boxes G G, arms H H, rocking shaft I, operating-arm J, handle F, and belt A, arranged to form a pocket, B, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of a table, bracket M, and a cigar-machine having lugs R', whereby the machine may be elevated from the table, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

RICHARDV A. BRIGHT, JB.

Vitnesses:

SOCRATES SOHOLFIELD, IRA O. SEAIIANs.

gears and rack serve to relieve the flexible 

